RE: OT: Optical and coaxial digital outputs for PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Steven,

Well. In principle a "normal" phono cable (ie one half of a pair
intended for analogue stereo) will be 'bad', but it will work over short
distances (like - adjacent shelves on a hi-fi rack.)

Next step up, for about a tenner is a "video" cable. This looks
identical, except it's normally provided with yellow ends, and has the
correct impedance.

Above that are rather more expensive cables ;-)

Richer Sounds used to do a deal whereby you would pay a deposit, and
take away a box full of cables for the weekend. On the monday, you'd
either bring them back, or pay for the ones you wanted to keep. Not sure
if they still do this, though.

As Phil and James have said, the only questions you need to ask are
"can
_I_ hear the difference in _my_ system", and "if I can, is _this_
difference worth paying _that_ amount of money for"

Regards,
Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Dickson [mailto:sdickson@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 December 2001 08:55
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: [ukha_d] OT: Optical and coaxial digital outputs for PCM, Dolby
Digital, DTS and MPEG


Would one of you home cinema buffs be able to tell me what sort of cable
I need to connect my DVD player to a home cinema amp.

Both units are JVC and have both the optical and 'phono' type coaxial
connections on the back.  The amp/controller can be configured to accept
either or, as far as I know my sky box doesn't support this (I know sky
are trialing some DD at the moment, but my box only has stereo out
'phono' style sockets that I presume wont have the correct encoded
bits), it's the pace unit.  So what would be my best option to use for
the DVD player - optical or coax, and where night one get the correct
cable/s -would I be correct in assuming that an ordinary unshielded
wired one will be 'bad'.

Thanks,

Steve

BTW anybody over this side of the pond wanting a Psion Wavefinder -
PCworld in Sprucfield have about a dozen left - Thanks, Michael.